ENSEMBLE "tenThing" (NORWAY)

P R O G R A M

Music by Edvard Grieg, Jean Baptiste Lully, Cécile Chaminade, Lili Boulanger, Isaac Albéniz, Aaron Copland, Grażyna Bacewicz, Ástor Piazzolla, Leonard Bernstein and other composers (arranged by Jarle Storløkken, Sebastian Haukås and David Marlatt)

The festival will be crowned by the unique brass ensemble from Norway, "tenThing". Founded by the famous trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth, the ensemble has become a true symbol of Scandinavian mastery and creative energy today. The group of ten talented women breaks all stereotypes about the "masculine" nature of brass instruments and plays music ranging from Baroque masterpieces to jazz standards and contemporary compositions.

The ensemble tenThing was founded in 2007 by Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth. It is a ten-member, all-female brass ensemble, famous for its mastery, the democratic nature and diversity of its programs. The collective's repertoire consists of music from Mozart to Weill, from Grieg to Bernstein, from Lully to Bartók. It has performed at the Schleswig-Holstein, Beethovenfest Bonn, Gstaad, MDR Musiksommer, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Thüringer Bachwochen and other festivals, and has toured the USA, Canada, and elsewhere. The ensemble plays its entire rich and genre-diverse repertoire without a conductor, thus emphasizing exceptional mutual listening, mastery of chamber music, and breaking gender stereotypes in the world of brass music.

Tine Thing Helseth is one of the most prominent contemporary Norwegian trumpeters, performing with the world's most famous orchestras, such as the Vienna Symphony, London Philharmonic, or BBC Symphony Orchestra, and having gained recognition at prestigious festivals, including the BBC Proms. In 2006, she won second place in the Eurovision Young Musicians competition, in 2007 she was awarded the prestigious "Musician of the Year" (Årets musiker) title in Norway, and in 2013 she was honored with the prestigious "Echo Klassik" award of the year.